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    A Conversation Map for Digital Change

    A practical template for bringing concerns, constraints, and next actions into the same room during a technology change.

    Clinical and technical communication8 minute readTrainers and educators · Implementation professionals
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    Overview

    A useful frame for the work in front of you.

    People often agree that a change matters while holding very different pictures of the work it will affect. This conversation map helps facilitators move from broad concern to a specific question, a named owner, and a testable next step. It is designed for meetings where clinical and technical perspectives need equal room.

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    Before the next change meeting, ask each role to finish the sentence: The part of this change I need us to understand is... Compare the answers before discussing solutions.

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    Three things to carry into the next conversation.

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    A three-part prompt for the current routine, the proposed change, and the tradeoff

    02

    Listening cues for surfacing unspoken operational concerns

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    A closing sequence that turns discussion into a next conversation

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